

Diffusion Science radio
Ian Woolf
If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
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Apr 12, 2010 • 0sec
Doc Oc, Element 117, and Nikola Tesla
Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium
Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about super-villain Doc Oc
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Victoria Bond,
with technical support by Ian Woolf

Apr 5, 2010 • 0sec
Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted
The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf.
Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world, the brain has a moral centre that can be switched off with giant magnets, and the courts rule that human genes can't be patented.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Mar 29, 2010 • 0sec
Glowing sperm and syphilis handshakes
Aaron Cook talks glow in the dark sperm with Scott Pitnick
Marc West and Victoria Bond demonstrate how to check for syphilis
Iam Woolf discusses Man Flu
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond, with technical help from Ian Woolf

Mar 22, 2010 • 0sec
Beneath your feet, pharmacegemnomics
Aaron Cooke asks Geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalcic whats happening inside the Earth,
Ollie Barrand, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss Pharmacogenomics and Gattaca,
Ian Woolf and Aaron Cooke discuss forbidden words and the healing powers of marmite.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Mar 15, 2010 • 0sec
Solar Gem, and Wolverine bones
Ian Woolf interviews Khimji Vaghjiani of Solar Gem about affordable solar powered lighting,
Marc West interviews Dr Chris Pettigrew about splicing metal to Wolverine's bones,
and Marc's correlation of the week: are aetheists and liberals smarter than everyone else?
Hosted by Marc West
Produced by Marc West

Mar 8, 2010 • 0sec
GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH
Special International Women's Day edition!
Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish
Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres
News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag
Presented by Catherine Beehag,
Produced by Victoria Bond

Mar 1, 2010 • 0sec
G-spot, wealth and nanotechnology
Can we vaccinate cows against producing methane? Is the G-spot a myth? by Ollie Barrand.
The correlation between wealth and orgasms By Marc West.
Nanotechnology hypothetical reported by Ian Woolf and discussed by Marc West and Ollie Barrand.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Feb 15, 2010 • 0sec
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho
Dr Rachel Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network
Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness
News by Victoria Bond
- Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain scan
- Boredom kills
- Beetles music saves trees
- stuttering is linked to genetic mutation
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Feb 8, 2010 • 0sec
Safflower insulin, and sperm spit protons
Sperm fire proton torpedoes by Aaron Cooke
News by Victoria Bond
- SIDS and serotonin,
- Iran launches animals to space
- Primordial soup challenged
- spray-on on liquid glass,
- insulin from safflower seeds,
- the last link between vaccination and autism is withdrawn,
and the author is charged with unethical behaviour
Presented by Ian Woolf
Panelled by Marc West
Produced by Victoria Bond

Feb 1, 2010 • 0sec
Earworms and cultured meat
Ever had a song that you just can't get out of your head? Patrick Rubie explains Earworms,
News by Ian Woolf
- Cultured meat
- 2 million years without sex
- Cola powered phones
Presented by Aaron Cooke,
Produced by Ian Woolf


